La Revolución
La Revolución is the sixth studio album, and the ninth album overall, by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on May 26, 2009 by Machete Music and WY Records. The album features collaborations with rapper 50 Cent, Ivy Queen, Yaviah, Ednita Nazario and Yomo. The album became a success in the United States and a bigger hit in Latin America. It won the Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Album of the Year at the 2010 Latin Billboard Music Awards. To promote the album the artists embarked on the La Revolución World Tour in the US.
Background
The album is reported to incorporate the more older styles and sounds of Wisin & Yandel's music, tracing back to when they first started to produce music. This was confirmed by Wisin to the EFE Agency in Argentina, he confirmed that "It'll be a return to our origins; It'll have everything."Commercial performance
In the United States, the first week prediction were between 25-30k. La Revolución debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with sales of 35,700, making it the highest debut for a Spanish language recording act since Maná's Amar es Combatir and Shakira's Fijación Oral Vol. 1, both albums debuted and peaked at number four. It was the second best selling latin album of 2009 in the United States selling 204,000 copies. Following the 2009`s Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, where the duo won Best Urban Song, album sales increased by 81% the next week in the United States.Following the reissue of the album, La Revolucion: Evolucion, the album bounds back from ten to number one at Billboard Latin Albums with 10,000 units sold with a 365% increased.
Worldwide, the album sold 100,000 copies in it first week. The album sold more than three million of copies worldwide.
Track listing
La Revolución: Evolution
La Revolución: Evolution is a re-issue edition of the album released on November 23, 2009. It comes with 2 CDs with the first disc containing the 15 tracks from the standard edition and disc 2 containing 8 new tracks. It also featured a DVD with four Music Videos.Personnel
Adapted from album's liner notes:- General Producers: Juan Luis Morera "Wisin" / Llandel Veguilla "Yandel"
- Executive Producers: Juan Luis Morera "Wisin" / Llandel Veguilla "Yandel" / Edgar Andino
- Musical Producers: Ernesto F. Padilla "Nesty La Mente Maestra" / Victor Martinez "El Nasi" / Jose Gomez "Profesor Gomez" / Marcos Masis "Tainy" / Christian M. Colon "Vagabundo" / Raymond Diaz "Memo"
- Recording Studio: La Mente Maestra Studio / Spectrum Studio
- Recording: Victor Martinez "El Nasi"
- Production Coordinator: Ana J. Alvarado
- Mixing: Mario de Jesus "Marioso"
- Mixing Assistant: Luis "Luisito" Lopez, Kiko Hurtado, Yamil Martinez
- Mixing Studio: Mas Audio Production
- Mastering: Sterling Sound
- Creative Direction/Design/Digital Post-Production: Iancarlo "Conqui" Reyes
- Photography:
- Stylist: Ed Coriano
- Managing Team: Andino Marketing / Edgar Andino / Paco Lopez
Yomo appears courtesy of Black Pearl International Records, Inc.
Ednita Nazario appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US Latin.
Yaviah appears courtesy of Pina Records.
Ivy Queen appears courtesy of Drama Records.
Accolades
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | La Revolución | Latin Grammy Awards – Best Urban Music Album | Nomitated | |
| 2009 | «Abusadora» | Latin Grammy Awards – Best Urban Song | Won | |
| 2009 | «Mujeres In The Club» | Latin Grammy Awards – Best Urban Song | Nomitated | |
| 2009 | «Abusadora» | MTV Video Music Awards – Best Pop Video | Nomitated | |
| 2009 | «Abusadora» | Premios MTV Latinoamérica – Video of the Year | Won | |
| 2010 | La Revolución | Grammy Awards – Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album | Nomitated | |
| 2010 | La Revolución | Latin Billboard Music Awards – Latin Album of the Year | Nomitated | |
| 2010 | «Gracias A Ti» | Latin Billboard Music Awards – Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event | Nomitated | |
| 2010 | «Abusadora» | Latin Billboard Music Awards – Tropical Airplay Song of the Year | Nomitated | |
| 2011 | La Revolución: Evolution | Lo Nuestro Awards – Urban Album of the Year | Won | |
| 2011 | «Te Siento» | Lo Nuestro Awards – Urban Song of the Year | Won |